# Kapadvanj plates of Dhruvasena III, [Valabhī] year 334, Māgha śu. 9 Annette Schmiedchen Author of digital edition: Annette Schmiedchen Identifier: DHARMA_INSMaitraka00081 Repository: Maitraka (tfb-maitraka-epigraphy) File path: xml-provisional/DHARMA_INSMaitraka00081.xml Language: Sanskrit [Script (unspecified)] Commit: 2026-10-29 16:36 (b7a8ff3), last modified 2026-09-29 17:02 (fbcec60) ## Summary Grant of the village of Paṭṭapadraka in favour of a Yajurvedin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti vijayaskandhāvārāT sirisimmiṇikāvāsakāT prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasaṁpannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktaprahāraśata⟨2⟩labdhapratāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvaraśrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchi⟨3⟩nnarājavaṅśān mātāpitr̥caraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasa⟨4⟩tvanikaṣaḥ tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisa⟨ṁ⟩hatiḥ sakalasmr̥tipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥dayaraṁjanānva⟨5⟩rttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyyagāṁbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tr̥ṇava⟨6⟩dapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥dayaḥ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrī⟨7⟩guhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisr̥tajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasaṁpad rūpalobhād ivāśri⟨8⟩taḥ sarabhasam ābhigāmikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiś¿ī?⟨i⟩kṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apā⟨9⟩karttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṁhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapā⟨10⟩rtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍalaḥ samaraśatavijayaśo⟨11⟩bhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarāṁsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāraḥ sarvvavidyāparāparavibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvataḥ subhāṣitala⟨12⟩venāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣaḥ samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahr̥dayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakr̥tayuganr̥pati⟨13⟩pathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrttiḥ dharmmānuparodho⟨j⟩jvalatarīkr̥tārtthasukhasaṁpadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityaḥ ⟨14⟩ tasyānujas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇātyādaravatā samabhilaṣaṇīyām api rājalakṣmīṁ skandhāsaktāṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tadājñā⟨15⟩saṁpādanaikarasatayaivodvahaN khedasukh¿e?⟨a⟩ratibhyām anāyāsitasatvasaṁpattiḥ prabhāvasampadvaśīkr̥tanr̥patiśataśiroratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi ⟨16⟩ parāvajñābh¿a?⟨i⟩mānarasānāliṅgitamanovr̥ttiḥ praṇatim ekāṁ parityajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arātibhir anāsāditapratikriyopāyaḥ kr̥ta⟨17⟩nikhilabhuvanāmodavimalaguṇasaṅhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nnīcajanādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair an¿a?⟨ā⟩mr̥ṣṭātyunnatahr̥dayaḥ pra⟨18⟩khyātapauruṣāstrakauśalātiśayagaṇatithavipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvayaṁgrāhaprakāśitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṁkhyādhigamaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharagra⟨19⟩(ha)s tasya tanayas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ sakalavidyādhigamavihitanikhilavidvajjanamanaḫparitoṣātiśayaḥ satvasa⟨ṁ⟩padā tyāgaudāryyeṇa ca vigatānusa⟨20⟩ndhānāśamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgaḥ samyagupalakṣitānekaśāstrakalālo¿r?⟨k⟩acaritagahvaravibhāgo pi paramabhadraprakr̥tir a⟨21⟩⟨kr̥⟩trimapraśrayavinayaśobhāvibhūṣaṇaḥ samaraśatajayapatākāharaṇapratya¡l!odagrabāhudaṁḍavidhvaṁsitanikhilapratipakṣadarppodayaḥ⟨22⟩svadhanuḫprabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimāna⟨ḥ⟩ sakalanr̥patimaṇḍalābhinanditaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenaḥ tasyānujaḥ tatp¿a?⟨ā⟩dā⟨23⟩nuddhyātaḥ saccaritātiśayitasakalapūrvvanarapatir atidussādhānām api prasādhayitā viṣayāṇā⟨ṁ⟩ mūrttimān iva puruṣakāraḥ parivr̥ddhagu⟨24⟩ṇānurāganirbbharacittavr̥ttibhir mmanur iva svayam abhyupapannaḥ prakr̥tibhir adhigatakalākalāpaḥ kāntimāN nirvvr̥tihetur akalaṅkaẖ kumudanāthaḥ ⟨25⟩ prājyapratāpasthagitadigantarālapradhvansitadhvāntarāśis satatoditaḥ savitā prakr̥tibhyaḥ paraṁ pratyayam artthavaṁtam atibahutitha⟨26⟩prayojanānubaṁdha(m āgama)paripūrṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩ v¿a?⟨i⟩dadhānaḥ sandhivigrahasamāsaniścayanipuṇaḥ sthāne nurūpam ādeśaṁ dadad guṇa⟨Page 2r⟩⟨27⟩vr̥ddhividhānajanitasaṁskāraḥ [sā]dhūnāṁ rājyasālāturīyatantrayor ubhayor api niṣṇātaḥ prakr̥ṣṭavikramo pi karuṇāmr̥duhr̥dayaḥ śrutavā⟨28⟩n apy agarvvitaḥ kānto pi praśam¿a?⟨ī⟩ sthirasauhr̥dayyo pi nirasitā doṣavatām udayasamayasamupajanitajanatānurāgaparipihita⟨29⟩bhuvanasamartthitaprathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenas tasya sutas tatpādakamalapraṇāmadharaṇika⟨30⟩ṣaṇajanitakiṇalāñchanalalāṭacandraśakalaḥ śiśubhāva Eva śravaṇanihitamauktikālaṅkāravibhramāmalaśrutaviśeṣaḥ pradānasalilakṣā⟨31⟩litāgrahastāravindaḥ kanyāyā Iva mr̥dukaragrahaṇād amandīkr̥tānandavidhir vvasundharāyāḥ kārmmuke dhanurvveda Iva sambhāvitāśeṣalakṣya⟨32⟩kalāpaḥ praṇatasāmantamaṇḍalottamāṅgadhr̥tacūḍāratn(ā)yamānaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḫ paramabhaṭṭārakamahārājādhirājaparameśvaraca⟨33⟩kravarttiśrīdharasenas tatpitāmahabhrātr̥śrīśīlādityasya śārṅgapāṇer ivāṅgajanmano bhaktibandhurāvayavakalpitapraṇater atidhavalayā dūraṁ tatpā⟨34⟩dāravindapravr̥ttayā nakhamaṇirucā mandākinyeva nityam amalitottamāṅgadeśasyāgas(t)yasyaiva rāja⟨r⟩ṣer ddākṣiṇyam ātanvānasya prabaladhavalimnā ya⟨35⟩śasā⟨ṁ⟩ valayena maṇḍitakakubhā nabhasi yāminīpater vviḍambitākhaṇḍapar(i)veṣamaṇḍalasya payodaśyāmaśikharacūcukarucirasahyavindhyastanayu⟨36⟩gāyāḥ kṣiteḫ patyuḥ śrīḍerabhaṭasyāṅgajaḥ kṣitipasaṁhater anurāgiṇyāḥ śuciyaśoṅśukabhr̥taḥ svayaṁvaramālām iva rājyaśriyam arpp(a)yantyāẖ k¿a?⟨r̥⟩⟨37⟩taparigrahaḥ śauryyam apratihatavyāpāram ānamitapracaṇḍaripumaṇḍala⟨ṁ⟩ maṇḍalāgram ivāvalambamānaḥ śaradi prasabham ākr̥ṣṭaśil¿a?⟨ī⟩⟨38⟩mukhabāṇāsanāpāditaprasādhanānāṁ parabhuvāṁ vidhivad ācaritakaragrahaṇaḥ pūrvvam eva vividhavarṇṇo⟨j⟩jvalena śrutātiśayenodbhāsitaśra⟨39⟩vaṇaḥ pu¿ṇ?⟨n⟩aḥ punar ukteneva ratnālaṅkāreṇālaṅkr̥taśrotraḥ parisphuratkaṭakavikaṭakīṭapakṣaratnakiraṇam avicchinnapradānasalilani⟨40⟩vahāvasekavilasannavaśaivalāṅkuram ivāgrapāṇim udvahaN dhr̥taviśālaratnavalayajaladhivelātaṭāyamānabhujapariṣvaktaviśva⟨41⟩mbharaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya ⟨42⟩ mahicha(ka)vinirggatamahichakavāstavyaitaccāturvvidyasāmānyakauśikasagotravājasaneyasabrahmacāribr¿a?⟨ā⟩hmaṇabappaputrabhaṭṭibhaṭāya ⟨43⟩ śivabhāgapuraviṣaye dakṣiṇapaṭṭe paṭṭapadrakagrāmaḥ sodraṅgaḥ soparikaraḥ sabhūtavātapratyāyaḥ sadhānyahiraṇyādeyas sada⟨44⟩śāparādhas sotpadyamānaviṣṭikas sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvaprattadevabrahmadeyarahitaḥ bhūmicchidranyāyenā⟨45⟩candrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaḥ putrapautrānvayabhogya Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisr̥ṣṭaḥ yato syocitayā brahma⟨46⟩deyāgrāhārasthityā bhuṁjataḥ kr̥ṣataḥ karṣayataḥ pratidiśato vā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥patibhir apy asmadvaṅśa⟨47⟩jair anyair vvā Anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyañ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḫ paripālayitavyaś cety ¿a?⟨u⟩(kta)⟨48⟩ñ ca ∥ 1. Anuṣṭubh bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaM 2. Indravajrā yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkr̥⟨49⟩tāni nirbbhuktamālyapratimāni ⟨tāni⟩ ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta 3. Anuṣṭubh ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi svargge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT dūtako tra pramātr̥śrīnāgaḥ ⟨50⟩ likhitam idaṁ sa{ṁ}ndhivigrahādhikr̥tadivirapatiśrīskandabhaṭaputradivirapatiśrīmadanahileneti | saṁ 300 30 4 māgha śu 9 svahasto mama †∥ ## Bibliography First edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch with translation, except for final stanzas; no estampages (Hultzsch 1892). Re-edited and encoded by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of photographs of the original. ### Primary [EJTH] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1892. “A Valabhī grant of Dhruvasena III. dated Samvat 334.” EI 1, pp. 85–92.